Wasatch County Library

The journey was impossible.

But they had no other choice.

At the call of their prophet, they left well-established farms and businesses to strike out yet again into the untamed wilderness. A small band of men, women, and children formed the 1879 pioneer company.

Their mission: stand as a buffer between lawlessness and civilization.

Their road: only what they created themselves, blasting out a perilous trail over slick rock and through desolate

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In this concluding volume to the Come to Zion series Will and Liz, 19th century Mormon pioneers, leave Nauvoo, Illinois and cross the plains to reach the Salt Lake Valley. Meanwhile Jeff and Abby, living in the 21st century Midwest, face decisions about moving from Nauvoo to go to graduate school.

Utah's Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area offers breathtaking natural resources, powerful historical drama and intriguing cultural traditions. This rich legacy is built on old-world values of cooperation, industry, ingenuity and true grit—as well as a miracle or two. From frontier justice and lost treasure to the lasting contributions of a Presbyterian minister and a Jewish settlement, talented regional historians, educators and storytellers...

In southeastern Utah, Mitch Westland and Edie Zimmer are among the Mormon settlers determined to make their homes amid the harshest of circumstances. Threatened by Indians, competing ranchers, and cattle rustlers, the young couple must prevail against man and nature to fulfill their dream of establishing a ranch--and a family--of their own.

This simple, clear retelling of the Saints' trek west will help both young and old experience what life was like in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844 after their beloved Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed.

Hurry with the Saints as they rush to complete their temple while also building wagons and packing supplies for the long journey west. Go with them as they cross the wide Mississippi River and trudge through the mud of Iowa.

Experience

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Fifteen-year-old Maggie survives the trek across the plains to Utah Territory only to lose her parents, her older brother, and her baby sister. She and her sister are taken in the Aldens, but the girls know something is amiss when they find their mother's china locked in Ma Alden's trunk.

Since she was a small girl, Jane Panting has heard miraculous stories from her mother, Elizabeth Panting, of temporal salvation the young family experiences as they voyaged from Gloucester, England, to Zion in the Salt Lake Valley. Wilford Woodruff blessed Elizabeth that she and her children would reach their destination, and they experienced the Lord's providential hand on more than one occasion, in both England and on the American plains. But Jane...

"British converts and sisters Emily and Julia Hill, assigned to the Willie Handcart Company, accompany newly widowed Martha Campkin and her five children to Zion. Emily later pens a poem about her experiences that becomes a cherished song of the LDS Relief Society, 'As Sisters in Zion.'"--Provided by publisher.

"You actually saw where we're going, President Young?" Emily asked.

Brigham leaned forward, his gray-blue eyes filled with a strange intensity. "It was a marvelous thing. I was shown a large valley " a very large valley. It was as though it were a grand panorama and I could look down upon the whole of it. Somehow I knew that it was in the midst of the Rocky Mountains and that it was our new home. And as I gazed upon it, I knew that

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